Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
RCIPMC, Kolkata organized 3 “KISAN GOSTHI”
Kolkata, 22nd August, 2021
In Commemoration of 75years of India’s Independence, Regional Central Integrated Pest Management Centre  under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare, Government of India organized 3 Kisan Gosthi cum IPM Exhibition at three districts of West Bengal. The exhibition was held at Assistant Director of Agriculture office, Memari block-I on 18/08/2021, Purba Burdwan, at Shibhati , Basirhat Block-I on 19/08/2021 and at Sonepur Bhangar-II, South 24 Parganas on 21/08/2021. Total 140 numbers of Farmers were participated in these training programme and they were given basic concepts of Integrated Pest Management as well as they have been introduced to different techniques of IPM. Dr. Pabel Mazumder, Assistant Director  and Officer In-charge of RCIPMC discussed why IPM is necessary at this hour of agriculture and basic concepts of IPM and how indiscriminate use of pesticides are harming not only agricultural produce but also how they are affecting farmers health were also discussed.. Shri. Mir Farhad Hossain, Joint Director of Agriculture, PP&QC, Govt. of West Bengal & Shri. Nilkanto Saha, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Memari –I has also given emphasized and make the farmers understand why IPM is necessary and how community wise its benefits could be expected. Distinguished guests at Bhangar, such as Krishi Karmadaksha Sri Abdul Rahim, Bhangar Vegetable Producer company members and Shri. Liton Saha, Member, West Bengal Vegetable exporters association were also given emphasis on implementation of IPM techniques. Smt N. Anita Devi, Asst. Director , RCIPMC, Kolkata discussed about benefits of Pheromone trap and how it can be useful to reduce pesticide application in field. Smt. Sima Chowdhury, Plant Protection Officer discussed about role of proper soil management in combating pest and disease in soil. Besides this Shri. Sandip Kr. Maurya & Smt. Binalata Kangjam, APPO displayed how to prepare Trichoderma  in household level & how to prepare fruit fly trap using molasses, Methyl Euginol & Cu-lure which will reduce dependency on market and to produce best possible product in household level and will enable the farmers to reduce the buying cost of these products. Besides this how to produce different sticky traps at household level which can reduce different sucking pest population in the field. Besides this, in the exhibition farmers were introduced to different beneficial insects which are already present in the field and how they reduce harmful pest population and how to conserve those beneficial insects were also exhibited and discussed.Demonstration of installation of Pheromone trap was also displayed. Trichogramma spp. , Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana  was also displayed and discussed. Effects of different botanicals in reducing harmful insect population was also discussed. Overall, Farmers were happy to see all those thing and they were also interested in learning more regarding IPM techniques. These programmes were assisted by State Agriculture Department, Govt. of West Bengal & Department of Agriculture Marketing .
Photo Caption:- Farmers get idea about Integrated Pest Management from Kolkata’s Regional Central Integrated Pest Management Centre organized Kisan Gosthi cum IPM Exhibition
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